The Municipality of Heerlen is getting a new train stop on the Maastricht-Heerlen-Kerkrade line. This will be on the Heerlen Woonboulevard, close to the In de Cramer business park. On August 31 ProRail started the preparatory side of the work. The construction of the platforms will be in January 2010. The objective is better public transport. Check the website for changes in traveling schedules during this period.

There are 700,000 people in the Maastricht Region, and the Province of Limburg and Parkstad Limburg feel that public transport is very important. One of the plans to improve this is a light rail connection on the Maastricht-Heerlen-Kerkrade line. By running more trains per hour and adding stations and stops, two million passengers will be able to make use of this light rail connection. The connection could be extended to the center of Maastricht and in the direction of Aachen and Sittard-Geleen.

With the arrival of the new stop on the Heerlen Woonboulevard, a step is being made in the right connection.